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Q : Which company was formed by the British in India in the year 1600?
(A) India East Company
(B) East India Company
(C) West India Company
(D) British Company
The East India Company was initially created in 1600 to serve as a trading body for English merchants, specifically to participate in the East Indian spice trade.
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly took place on 9 December 1946. Which major political party boycotted it?
(A) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
(B) Garam party
(C) Praja Socialist Party
(D) Muslim League
The Constituent Assembly held its first meeting on December 9, 1946. The Muslim League boycotted the meeting and insisted on a separate state of Pakistan.
Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
(C) H. J. Virgo
(D) None of these
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (27 November 1888 – 27 February 1956) popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha,
Who was the first Chief Justice of India?
(A) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
(B) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(C) H. J. Kania
(D) None of these
Kania was born in a middle-class family in Surat. His grandfather had been a revenue officer in Gujarat with the British Government, and his father Jekisundas Kania was a Sanskrit professor and later principal of Samaldas College in the princely state of Bhavnagar.
What was the total expenditure in constitution-making work?
(A) 63,96,729Rs.
(B) 60,96,729 Rs.
(C) 65,96,729 Rs.
(D) 67,96,729 Rs.
The Constitution was signed and accepted (with 395 Articles, 8 Schedules, and 22 Parts). 26 January 1950: The Constitution came into force. (The process took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days—at a total expenditure of ₹6.4 million to finish.)
Write the name of the first President of India.
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) Dr. B. N. Rao
(C) Dr. B R Ambedkar
(D) None of these
Dr. Rajendra Prasad served as the first President of India, holding the office from January 26, 1950, until May 13, 1962.
When was Himachal Pradesh given full statehood?
(A) January 25, 1971 AD
(B) January 21, 1972 AD
(C) 26 April, 1975 AD
(D) 22 April, 1976 AD
On 18th December, 1970 the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25th January, 1971. Thus H.P. emerged as the eighteenth state of Indian Union.
When was the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir implemented?
(A) 26 January 1957
(B) 26 January 1950
(C) 01 August 1950
(D) None of these
The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir was the legal Constitution which established the framework for the state government of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The constitution was adopted on 17 November 1956, and came into effect on 26 January 1957.
What is the name of the ambitious plan of the Central Government to provide a unique identification number to all the citizens of the country?
(A) Aadhaar
(B) Focus
(C) Change
(D) None of these
Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India on behalf of the Government of India.
Justice U. C. Banerjee Commission was constituted.
(A) To investigate the Godhra riots
(B) To investigate the Sikh riots
(C) To investigate fodder scam
(D) To investigate coal scam
The Central Government had constituted the Banerjee Commission for a technical investigation into the alleged incident of burning of Sabarmati Express train overloaded with devotees at Godhra Railway Station on 27 February 2002.
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